Written by Nancy Stone, NWTA Vice President, Education & Sustainability Director The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI), NWTA’s educational program ventured to the coast and held Trail School: Fundamentals at the Klootchy Creek trail system on February 17, 2024. These trail schools equip participants with the fundamental skills needed to understand and implement sustainable maintenance practices … Read More
February 12, 2024 – Last month’s week-long snow and ice storms brought down a lot more trees and windfall than usual around the region’s trail systems. Each year, Sandy Ridge trails takes the brunt of the winter weather as it sits at a high elevation on the flanks of Mt. Hood. This storm proved no … Read More
Just getting into mountain biking or your skills no longer match your first mountain bike? Sellwood Cycle Repair is partnering with NWTA to raffle off a Norco Fluid FS A4 full suspension bike! Named Pinkbike’s Value Bike of the Year and Vital MTB’s Bike of the Year, the Norco Fluid FS is built to help … Read More
January 31, 2024 – As many NWTA community members have heard, Rocky Point Road was closed to all modes of transportation from Highway 30 due to part of the road shifting significantly in the last storm cycle. If you drive the road a bunch, you know the spot. Access to the Rocky Point Trails parking … Read More
Written by Carrie Johnston Wondering what NWTA’s up to in the new clearcut (former Skeet Chute) area? A lot! If you look closely, you’ll see flag lines on the hill near the south gate. Which is exciting because that means soon we’ll be able to finish rides with a fun descent to the car again. … Read More
By Ted Dodd A massive round of applause for everyone who came out to Cascade Locks in 2023! As the year wraps up, we completed close to 1,000 volunteer hours working on the new Cascade Locks trail, which is nothing short of extraordinary. Add that to our 2022 total, and we’ve collectively poured in a … Read More
By Elaine Bothe These kids didn’t know they were groundbreakers at the very first indoor/outdoor bike after school program for Montavilla Community Center! The kids knew they were having fun, but they didn’t know they were breaking ground as they rode bikes as participants in the first ever kids’ afterschool bike class series at Montavilla … Read More
Written by Nathan Frechen We got lessening rain and reasonable temperatures last Sunday (Dec. 10) to continue the tune-up on Gales Creek between Bell Camp and Gales Creek Campground. Given the several days of colder temperatures and heavy precipitation, we opted to start from Gales Creek Campground rather than risk the drive up to the … Read More
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON DEC. 12. Here’s a recorded video of our information session held last week. Click on VIDEO to watch it. Are you interested in filling a leadership position with NWTA? Here are the qualifications for becoming a candidate to join the 2024 NWTA Board of Directors. Please read our full equity statement (https://nw-trail.org/about-us/). … Read More
Are you a volunteer with the NWTA and seeking something more? Do you have leadership experience, or maybe you would like to take a step into a decision-making role for the first time? NWTA has a board of directors that is elected annually each January. Each position has a tenure of two years. As with … Read More